Most designers begin a remodel by choosing what to trash. Petz Scholtus chose what to collect from the trash to be upcycled (i.e. recycled for a higher use), proving with her remodel that green design could be affordable and stylish.

The Olmsted Elm served as one of the most symbolic living witnesses to the birth of landscape architecture and city shaping in America.

When it comes to global warming, the U.S. thinks they are the center of the world.

I say we need a revolution -- one where people spend less time at shopping malls, and more in the kitchen.

In the spirit of sorting out some of the absurdity from the more reasonable discourse going in the environmental discussion, let's look at some of the...

(VOTING IS NOW CLOSED) HuffPost's Game Changers celebrates 100 innovators, visionaries, and leaders in 10 categories who are harnessing the power o...

Thanksgiving on The Fabulous Beekman Boys. Oh my. It's either a great joy or a profound nightmare, depending on your familial situation and your propensity to binge.

BigThink talks with Graham Hill, founder of TreeHugger.com, on small steps individuals can take to get on the right path toward a more environmentally...

A complex communication system is a sign of a complex social system, and scientists are just discovering that dolphins - intensely social creatures - ...

So why would riding a wooden bike from Renovo or even Organic Bikes save a tree? Wheeler says it's due to the fact that mining is tied in many cases t...

From the devastation in Haiti to consumer choices in Europe, our top stories this week highlight how choices affect our future.

Here's a Six-Word Challenge about one of summer's treats and earth's increasingly rare resources: water

Julie Gilhart, Barney's: "If the way we make beautiful clothing... actually damages the natural environment and our precarious health within it, how can we enjoy this kind of so called beauty?"

2008 was a banner year for green tech start ups. While the economy crashed, investments in clean technology stayed relatively strong. We're taking a l...

Where would you fall on the Green matrix? On the Dark Green "cutting edge" alongside Van Jones, or on the Light Green "so last year" alongside clean c...

Thanks to new research, unnecessary and uncomfortable medical and psychological tests can now be replaced with a pencil and paper -- and can provide a much more accurate forecast.

America's bee colonies are collapsing. It's a big mystery, with much at stake. Green websites like TreeHugger have been on the case since the phenom...

Obama said this about solar power. McCain said that about climate change. You no longer have to spar with your "green" friends over who is saying what...

I talk with scientific researchers every day, and can't help but notice a growing trend: what was once relegated to the realm of naturopaths, witchdoc...

Gal Luft is the most hated man in Riyadh, Detroit, and Des Moines, according to Esquire Magazine who's voted him as one of America's brightest in 200...

One would think that members countries from the OEPC in the Persian Gulf who are sitting on a quarter of the world's oil reserves would like to stall the development of clean technologies and thereby the creation of alternatives to oil, right? Nope.